Doug Camilli: Chris Brown goes viral on Twitter

Displaying once again his characteristic charm, Chris Brown took to Twitter the other day to say that he considers Ebola virus to be “a form of population control.”

This was what the tennis people call an unforced error; not an argument in a bar or a dispute with a girlfriend, just a random pronunciamento on Twitter. You will not be surprised to learn that his insight earned him some criticism; one guy said Brown should try Ebola.

His next tweet suggested that he henceforward would be silent on the subject.

He’s 25.

Richard Gere and Padma Lakshmi have “decided they would be better as friends,” Don’t Usemyname told the Daily Mail.

These two have been a couple for about six months, but have carefully kept out of the public eye as a couple.

He’s 65. She’s 44.

Martha Stewart 1; Gwyneth Paltrow 0: The new issue of Martha Stewart Living delivers a sly sneer at disrespectful Gwyn, without naming her.

You remember all that “conscious uncoupling” babble Paltrow used about her split from Chris Martin. Well, the latest MSL has this intro to a feature on pies, under the headline Conscious Coupling:

“Every Thanksgiving table should be blessed with the presence of a long-married pair who bring out the best in each other, are completely enamored despite their differences, and leave every other guest thinking, I’ll have what they’re having. Our holiday pies honor such so there’s a pleasant mix of textures and flavors in every bite … the perfect marriage of crust and filling.”

George Clooney’s wife has abandoned her maiden name, it seems. The N.Y. Post checked the website of her London law firm, Doughty Street Chambers: she’s now Amal Clooney.

Rihanna will not be the next Bond girl. The gig’s been given to French actress Léa Seydoux, who appears to have all the necessary qualifications.

The Daily Mail, reporting this, cautions that although negotiations are well advanced, nobody has signed anything yet.

Seydoux has been a “brand ambassador” for Prada; the Telegraph says the movie, due out in November next year, could be a perfect opportunity for product placement.

Léa’s 29.

Heather Basten of New Franken, Wisc. got pulled over for strange driving last August. The cops decided she and passenger Travis Husnik were drunk, and put them in the back of a squad car to go to the station house.

That’s when these two started performing a sexual act, right in the car, the Green Bay Press Gazette reported. They were charged with lewd behaviour.

County Judge Jay Conley sounded befuddled at the sentencing hearing: “It’s not like you have a lot of law school courses or training on what do you sentence a guy who has sex in a squad car to.”

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